Re: TIB: Storing text on the 86

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Re: TIB: Storing text on the 86


Paul, thanks for your response.  I have looked at the manual carefully; and that's
why I was prepared for the bad news.  The different string options in the manual
won't be of much use unfortunately.  Do you know if I will run into any problems
by storing text as variables as I think you have suggested?  I was thinking of
doing this; I didn't look yet to see if I am limited to the size of a variable
names.  I'll check it out.  Thanks again--D

PS.  My wife would shoot me if I suggested getting another calculator as it's just
a toy for me--a fun one I might add!

PJChaser wrote:

>  >     Hi, I've been reading with interest the discussions about
>   > creating phone books, etc. for the TI calcs and have been trying
>   > to figure out how and where text strings would be saved on the
>   > 86.  I have been unable to save text to a list.  I have tried
>   > saving my name for example to a variable (that works) and then
>   > saving the variable to a list (enhh (buzzer sound), try again).
>   > I've tried to write a word directly into a list, no go.  If text
>   > doesn't go into a list, then where?
>   >     I don't need a whole program, per se, just a simple segment
>   > to play around with.  Then again, maybe that simple segment must
>   > be a short program.  I've tried to find answers in the manual but
>   > got nowhere.  Am I just making a simple mistake or simply making
>   > wrong assumptions about what can and cannot be done?  Is there a
>   > faq page that will explain my specific questions?  (Your
>   > answering "yes" to this last question ain't gonna work.  I need
>   > to know specifically where it is and what to search for.  Every
>   > time I look for faq pages, I get a lot of irrelevant info, mostly
>   > because I am defining my search wrong, I suspect.)  Thanks for
>   > your help--D
>  There really isn't any good way to turn a string into a list, but if you
> insist you might try assigning a number to each letter and storing lists of
> integers.  I wouldn't recommend this approach.  It would be much easier if you
> just used strings.  When you saved your name to a variable you created a
> string.  From there, you can do anything with it that you normally do with
> text.  For example
> :"Paul Chase"->name
> :disp name
> will print Paul Chase.
> If you want to put 2 strings together, do this:
> :"Paul "->first
> :"Chase"->last
> :disp first+last
> There's a lot of other things you can do to the strings, but they're all in
> the manual, p. 226.
> If you want a list of strings, buy a 92.  I'm pretty sure that that's
> impossible on the 86.  And no, I don't know of any FAQ pages to help; I hope
> this is what you need.
>
> Paul Chase II
>
>  "They little knew of brotherhood
>      -The faith of fighting men-
> Who once to prove a lie was good
>  Hanged colonel Jacques Cretien."
> -a Dorsai hymn by Gordon R. Dickson



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Douglas S. Oliver
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
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